HCID 22254487, compound → HCID 23592062, compound

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Reaction Steps

2-Methyl-1-{4-[(3-phenylprop-2-ynyl)oxy]butyl}-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine (2.00 g, 5.202 mmol) from Example 149 was combined with toluene (15 mL) in a Parr flask and heated to reflux. The resulting solution was purged with nitrogen. Palladium (1 g 10% palladium on carbon) was added to the solution under nitrogen, and the flask was pressurized with hydrogen at 310 kPa for 3 hours. Monitoring by HNMR indicated complete reaction. The catalyst was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrate was dissolved in dichloromethane and basified with 1 N potassium hydroxide to a pH of about 14. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (3×). The organic layers were combined, washed with 0.5 N potassium hydroxide (2×), water (3×), and brine (3×), dried with sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting solid was recrystallized from acetonitrile, and the resulting shinny tan crystals were dried for 2 days, triturated with ether, collected by vacuum filtration, and dried to provide 0.5744 g of 2-methyl-1 [4-(3-phenylpropoxy)butyl]-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine, m.p. 105.1-106.0° C.

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